Morland micholl dessau



A S S E D M M (No Model.)

BOX FOR PILLS.

No. 535,054. Patented Mar. 5, 1895'.

UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

MORLAND MIGHOLL DESSAU, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALFTO ROBERTEVERS DAISH, OF EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND.

BOX FOR PILLS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 535,054, dated March 5,1895.

Application filed October 31, 1894. Serial No. 527,502. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MORLAND MICHOLL DESSAU, a citizen of the UnitedStates of America, residing at Boston, Massachusetts, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Boxes for Pills and the Like, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to boxes for containing pills and the like, andIwill describe it as a pill box.

The box is made in the form of a life buoy or life saver, and itsconstruction will be best understood by reference to the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure 1 is a plan partlyin section, Fig. 2, an edgeview, and Fig. 3 a cross section of a box constructed according to thisinvention. Fig. 4: is a side view; and Figr5 a cross section showing thebox open. Fig. 6 is a cross section showing other means of fastening thetwo parts together. V

Like letters represent like parts throughout the drawings.

The box is made of two similar ring-like parts or halves A and B adaptedto rotate one upon the other, entirely round it necessary, butpreferably within fixed limits. The center G of the box thus formed isentirely opcn like a life saver and the pills are contained in theannular space D formed by the junction of the two halves in each ofwhich is an annular channel forming half of the complete annular spaceD.

The two halves A and B may be held together by any convenient means-sayas indicated in Figs. 3 and 5-by'screwing the two parts together at Ethe inner edges Fbeing half-checked into each other as shown. In puttingthis box together the two halves are screwed together and then the pinsor projections G and H in the one halfare inserted and engage with thepin orprojection I of the I When the openingJ is in the position shownin Fig.4 it is uncovered and a pill can be ex tracted, but when it isturned round so as to be under the lip or overlapping edge K of theother part of the box the'hole is covered and the box is closed.

The lip K may be arranged in any convenient manner but in order to carryout the idea of the life buoy it is formed with the cord L festooned asshown and apparently bound to the body of the life saverby the fine gripby which to turn it. However, so long as the proper cover is providedfor the opening J it is immaterial how this is arranged.

It will be understood that the box can be charged with pills through theopening J as well as the pills extracted by the same means.

Another way of connecting the two parts instead of screwing them aspreviously described would be to make them as shown in Fig. 6 where aneyelet or ringN is placed in the inner opening 0 and curved over so asto take a bearing upon the two parts A and B and thus prevent themseparating. In this case, instead of the three pins GH and I one of themOr working in a slot N in the ringN is sufficient, a supplementary pin 0or equivalent being employed to secure the ring to the partA of the boxthe pin G being secured in the part B of the box.

observed that the opening J is completely closed by the lip K which isover it, while in Figs. 4 and 5 the parts are so turned that the openingJ is uncovered by the lip K being turned to one side so as to clear it.

It will be readily appreciated that other means may be employed forconnecting the two parts. For example, instead of the central portion 0being entirely open each part A and B may be provided with a Web or diskfitting against each other and connected by a rivet, eyelet or the likeor instead of complete disks bars crossing and connected together asabove described could be employed.

I claim-- 1. In a box in the form of a life saver or life buoy, thecombination of two similar grooved ring-like parts rotatably connectedtogether,' and one of them having an opening for the admission orextraction of the conlapping M and this also affords a convenient InFig. 6, as also in Figs. 1 and 3 it will be buoy, comprising twosimilarring-like parts rotatably connected together by a ring or eyelet fittingWithin the central opening of the parts, one of said parts having alateral opening and the other a lip or flange adapted to cover or exposesaid opening, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand in the presence of thetwo subscribing Witnesses.

MORLAND MICHOLL DESSAU.

Witnesses:

ALFRED J. BOULT, HARRY B. BRIDGE.

